Atlantic City, NJ

This is Larry playing with the girls next door, Joop and Tula. They along with their parents, Dave and Sandy, were our neighbors next door at Utsch's Marine in Cape May, NJ. They were very good and unless you saw them outside you would not know they were there. They were the quietest pups we met on our trip this year. As you can see they love attention and Larry enjoyed giving them the attention.

We cast our lines off the dock this morning before 7 AM. We wanted to get slack tide out the channel and beat the building wind in the afternoon. We sailed with full sail and motor when we first started out. Then we sailed without the engine for about two hours before the wind slacked off. The wind did start to build again but we left the engine on and reefed the sail to keep the heel to a minimum. The weather prediction was for much more wind than we actually got but it did start to build like they predicted about an hour out from Atlantic City. All in all it was a comfortable sail much better than we expected.















The picture was taken as we entered the channel this afternoon. These were the breakers that greeted us. Fortunately they were off our starboard side at a comfortable distance.

Our plan is to leave here tomorrow morning before 6 AM, as we have a very long trip approximately 70 Knm. The cold and the heavy winds at night have made an overnight out of the question. It's better to be safe than sorry. We are anxious to be at our destination but patience is important.